Farrah Fawcett Dies

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The Charlie's Angels star was 62.

By Phil Pirrello

1970s sex symbol and star of Charlie's Angels, Farrah Fawcett, has died reports CNN.com. The Texas-born actress died at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, CA, from complications with cancer. She was 62.

Since April, Fawcett was treated for her cancer, which she had been battling on and off for three years. Actor Ryan O'Neal, the late actress' romantic partner, was reported to be with Fawcett at the time of her death.

Fawcett's career began with a single image - the beautiful blond sporting nothing more than a smile and a red swimsuit. That poster became the ultimate pin-up picture, one which sold a reported 12 million copies after its release in 1976. That exposure lead to Fawcett being cast as one of the original Charlie's Angels.

Fawcett became an instant sex symbol upon the release of this poster.

Fawcett segued from that role into more serious fare, playing a battered wife in both a 1984 TV movie entitled "The Burning Bed" and in 1997's The Apostle, directed by Robert Duvall.